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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-04-11 17:41:00 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-04-11 17:41:00 -0700
commitb3569933dd8962e79ce5e1232f06a9b74026b762 (patch)
tree3c17bdc239f45f275114d1af16cb141aaf3bf5e1 /builtin
parentfa7285dc3dce8bd01fd8c665b032603ed55348e5 (diff)
parenta133737b809a6556f087e590e862e8f29561710a (diff)
downloadgit-b3569933dd8962e79ce5e1232f06a9b74026b762.tar.gz
Merge branch 'po/help-guides'
"git help" learned "-g" option to show the list of guides just like list of commands are given with "-a". * po/help-guides: doc: include --guide option description for "git help" help: mention -a and -g option, and 'git help <concept>' usage. builtin/help.c: add list_common_guides_help() function builtin/help.c: add --guide option builtin/help.c: split "-a" processing into two
Diffstat (limited to 'builtin')
-rw-r--r--builtin/help.c46
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index d1d71816a9..034c36c254 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ enum help_format {
static const char *html_path;
static int show_all = 0;
+static int show_guides = 0;
static unsigned int colopts;
static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
- OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all", &show_all, N_("print all available commands")),
+ OPT_BOOL('a', "all", &show_all, N_("print all available commands")),
+ OPT_BOOL('g', "guides", &show_guides, N_("print list of useful guides")),
OPT_SET_INT('m', "man", &help_format, N_("show man page"), HELP_FORMAT_MAN),
OPT_SET_INT('w', "web", &help_format, N_("show manual in web browser"),
HELP_FORMAT_WEB),
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
};
static const char * const builtin_help_usage[] = {
- N_("git help [--all] [--man|--web|--info] [command]"),
+ N_("git help [--all] [--guides] [--man|--web|--info] [command]"),
NULL
};
@@ -413,6 +415,37 @@ static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
open_html(page_path.buf);
}
+static struct {
+ const char *name;
+ const char *help;
+} common_guides[] = {
+ { "attributes", "Defining attributes per path" },
+ { "glossary", "A Git glossary" },
+ { "ignore", "Specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore" },
+ { "modules", "Defining submodule properties" },
+ { "revisions", "Specifying revisions and ranges for Git" },
+ { "tutorial", "A tutorial introduction to Git (for version 1.5.1 or newer)" },
+ { "workflows", "An overview of recommended workflows with Git"},
+};
+
+static void list_common_guides_help(void)
+{
+ int i, longest = 0;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_guides); i++) {
+ if (longest < strlen(common_guides[i].name))
+ longest = strlen(common_guides[i].name);
+ }
+
+ puts(_("The common Git guides are:\n"));
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_guides); i++) {
+ printf(" %s ", common_guides[i].name);
+ mput_char(' ', longest - strlen(common_guides[i].name));
+ puts(_(common_guides[i].help));
+ }
+ putchar('\n');
+}
+
int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int nongit;
@@ -428,7 +461,16 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
printf(_("usage: %s%s"), _(git_usage_string), "\n\n");
list_commands(colopts, &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
+ }
+
+ if (show_guides)
+ list_common_guides_help();
+
+ if (show_all || show_guides) {
printf("%s\n", _(git_more_info_string));
+ /*
+ * We're done. Ignore any remaining args
+ */
return 0;
}